GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| fell | skin |